Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för globala studier: Recent submissions
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State Policies and Livelihoods. Rwandan Human Settlement Policy. Case Study of Ngera and Nyagahuru Villages
(2009-09-11)Through a case study of two villages of the Southern Province of Rwanda, this thesis explores the effects on Rwanda National Settlement Policy on the livelihoods of the rural population. With today 344 inhabitants per ... -
Each Day Another Disaster : Politics and Everyday Life in a Palestinian Refugee Camp in the West Bank
(2009-06-01)This anthropological study examines the ways in which Palestinian camp refugees maintain everyday life in a situation that is characterized by chronic disruption, fear and mistrust. It explores how these refugees make ... -
Just like couscous: Gender, agency and the politics of female circumcision in Cairo
(2009-05-08)This dissertation explores how female gender identity is continually created and re-created in Egypt through a number of daily practices, of which female circumcision is central. In order to do so, the study inquires ... -
The Privatisation of Security and State Control of Force: Changes, Challenges and the Case of Iraq
(2009-03-12)The thematic focus of this dissertation is the privatisation of security, that is, the increasing use of private security companies (PSCs) to perform security- and military-related tasks traditionally associated with the ... -
In Conversation with the Kolam Practice: Auspiciousness and Artistic Experiences among Women in Tamilnadu, South India
(2009-02-25)This anthropological study explores the kolam, a South Indian practice where women daily draw geometrical images in front of their homes to invite the deities. Through this practice, women engage in social and religious ... -
Vulnerable Daughters in Times of Change: Emerging Contexts of Discrimination in Himachal Pradesh, India
(2009-01-30)This dissertation deals with the widespread problem in India of using sex selective abortions to discriminate against daughters. Girls are aborted on a massive scale simply because they are girls. A point of departure is ... -
As though we had no spirit. Ritual, politics and existence in the Aymara quest for decolonization
(2009-01-30)‘Colonialism’ and ‘decolonization’ have been dealt with by postcolonial studies and, more recently, by scholars identified with the ‘de-colonial turn’. At the same time, in the ethnopolitically charged context of contemporary ...